Book · by George Orwell
How many pages is Nineteen Eighty-Four?
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell has a median of 314 pages across 144 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 267 to 366 pages.
Median pages
314
144 editions counted
Range
156–596
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
86k
at 275 words per page
How long will Nineteen Eighty-Four take you?
Reading time
5 h 32 min
At 30 min a day
12 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 322 | 12 | 5 h 41 min |
| Paperback | 329 | 15 | 5 h 48 min |
| Mass market | 268 | 5 | 4 h 43 min |
Editions counted
The 144 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 10 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 727 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wilco | Hardcover | 326 | OL62084415M |
| 2025 | Arcturus Publishing | – | 320 | OL60856721M |
| 2025 | Faber & Faber, Limited | – | 368 | OL60853298M |
| 2025 | Penguin Random House | – | 384 | OL57528867M |
| 2025 | Penguin Random House | – | 384 | OL57546000M |
| 2024 | ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited | – | 206 | OL52562109M |
| 2024 | Sweet Cherry Publishing | – | 424 | OL54024847M |
| 2022 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company | – | 304 | OL34128359M |
| 2022 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 288 | OL33950516M |
| 2022 | Orion Publishing Group, Limited | – | 320 | OL33919680M |
| 2021 | Flame Tree 451 | paperback | 416 | OL29564546M |
| 2021 | Pan Macmillan | – | 384 | OL29545232M |
| 2021 | Faber & Faber, Limited | – | 400 | OL33759449M |
| 2021 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 400 | OL29515193M |
| 2021 | [ze słownikiem] | – | 596 | OL61424751M |
| 2021 | Penguin Random House | – | 384 | OL34674654M |
| 2021 | Scholastic | – | 400 | OL29539234M |
| 2020 | Books Worldwide | – | 262 | OL61427489M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 277 | OL30362908M |
| 2020 | Penguin Random House | – | 336 | OL29479392M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 366 | OL29968945M |
| 2020 | Editorium, The | – | 312 | OL30306262M |
| 2019 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 400 | OL28731155M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 224 | OL55533675M |
| 2018 | Penguin Random House | – | 352 | OL28696702M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 156 | OL56154572M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 282 | OL54713242M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 170 | OL55441533M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 170 | OL55266723M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 254 | OL55375847M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 416 | OL55177986M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 250 | OL55532981M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 156 | OL55440462M |
| 2017 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | hardcover | 304 | OL27302768M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 368 | OL55803000M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 162 | OL55090866M |
| 2017 | Large Print Press | – | 499 | OL26852612M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 286 | OL55631583M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 468 | OL56240236M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 314 | OL56298555M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 210 | OL56375881M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 470 | OL54797305M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 228 | OL56400581M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 468 | OL56350194M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 274 | OL56420693M |
| 2017 | Penguin | paperback | 302 | OL28372072M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 158 | OL55690876M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 232 | OL55257669M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 238 | OL54826673M |
| 2016 | Text Publishing Company | – | 320 | OL28613977M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 170 | OL55519843M |
| 2016 | Arcturus | paperback | 317 | OL35689491M |
| 2016 | Susan Brawtley | – | 283 | OL39487632M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 196 | OL55569478M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 238 | OL55486784M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 412 | OL54650723M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 222 | OL55683897M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 346 | OL56365569M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 238 | OL55455937M |
| 2016 | Xing qiu di tu chu ban she | – | 449 | OL27237252M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 394 | OL54958802M |
| 2014 | Amazing Reads | Paperback | 310 | OL38218514M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 230 | OL55279774M |
| 2014 | HarperPerennial Classics | Paperback | 416 | OL28789958M |
| 2013 | Arcturus | Paperback | 317 | OL36632156M |
| 2013 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 368 | OL28498468M |
| 2013 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 416 | OL28492676M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 260 | OL54304891M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 260 | OL54238554M |
| 2011 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 356 | OL28473045M |
| 2009 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 368 | OL29043873M |
| 2008 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 326 | OL24329982M |
| 2005 | 1st World Library | Hardcover | 388 | OL8491447M |
| 2004 | Penguin Classics | Paperback | 384 | OL7359256M |
| 2004 | 1st World Library | Paperback | 388 | OL8881858M |
| 2003 | Plume | – | 339 | OL26224448M |
| 2003 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 384 | OL7359222M |
| 2001 | Thorndike Press | Hardcover | 429 | OL8097314M |
| 2000 | Penguin Books in association with Martin Secker & Warburg | paperback | 325 | OL13570329M |
| 1999 | Secker & Warburg | – | 352 | OL7509446M |
| 1999 | Penguin Books | – | 354 | OL58626452M |
| 1999 | Secker & Warburg | – | 352 | OL7509327M |
| 1993 | Signet Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 328 | OL34854896M |
| 1993 | Compact | – | 325 | OL22303898M |
| 1992 | Easton Press | – | 314 | OL57360519M |
| 1992 | Alfred A. Knopf | hardcover | 326 | OL37823274M |
| 1992 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 336 | OL9302835M |
| 1991 | Longman | – | 318 | OL21545610M |
| 1990 | Penguin | – | 325 | OL22604094M |
| 1990 | Longman | Paperback | 336 | OL7879521M |
| 1987 | Secker & Warburg | – | 256 | OL7509413M |
| 1985 | Ulverscroft Large Print | Hardcover | 428 | OL9891729M |
| 1984 | Clarendon Press | hardcover | 460 | OL3174961M |
| 1984 | Secker & Warburg | – | 381 | OL15044129M |
| 1984 | M & S Press | – | 381 | OL14417446M |
| 1984 | Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich | – | 381 | OL2841946M |
| 1983 | Penguin in association with Martin Secker & Warburg | – | 267 | OL14949259M |
| 1983 | Plume | – | 294 | OL7590311M |
| 1983 | Penguin Books | – | 268 | OL24953408M |
| 1983 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 268 | OL7576829M |
| 1983 | New American Library | – | 267 | OL3248629M |
| 1983 | Longman | paperback | 329 | OL18051661M |
| 1983 | Longman | Paperback | 310 | OL17384695M |
| 1982 | Buccaneer Books | Library Binding | 314 | OL8276667M |
| 1981 | New American Library | mass market paperback | 270 | OL37823270M |
| 1981 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 268 | OL24382006M |
| 1981 | Perma-Bound | – | 278 | OL58694663M |
| 1977 | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | – | 314 | OL21359014M |
| 1974 | Edito-Service S.A. | – | 313 | OL5231703M |
| 1974 | Edito-Service S.A. | – | 394 | OL47703118M |
| 1974 | [Secker & Warburg] | Hardback | 318 | OL21028113M |
| 1974 | Secker & Warburg | – | 318 | OL21490109M |
| 1965 | Penguin Books | – | 250 | OL22204378M |
| 1965 | Heinemann Ed | – | 318 | OL20390645M |
| 1965 | Heinemann Educational | – | 318 | OL16172404M |
| 1965 | Secker & Warburg | – | 318 | OL18937300M |
| 1963 | The New American Library of World Literature | – | 267 | OL45208794M |
| 1963 | New American Library | – | 274 | OL58527242M |
| 1961 | New American Library | – | 267 | OL59141093M |
| 1961 | New American Library | – | 267 | OL13545578M |
| 1961 | New American Library | – | 274 | OL58527191M |
| 1961 | The New American Library | – | 274 | OL58527122M |
| 1959 | Penguin Books | – | 258 | OL58637382M |
| 1954 | Penguin Books in association with Secker & Warburg | – | 251 | OL18287136M |
| 1954 | Penguin Books | – | 251 | OL20068988M |
| 1954 | Penguin Books | – | 258 | OL58962733M |
| 1954 | Penguin Books in association with Secker & Warburg | – | 250 | OL22221800M |
| 1951 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 237 | OL24199103M |
| 1950 | Signet Classics | – | 267 | OL7576669M |
| 1950 | Penguin Young Readers Group | – | 336 | OL34105948M |
| 1950 | New American Library | – | 236 | OL47071348M |
| 1949 | Harcourt, Brace & World | – | 326 | OL58703977M |
| 1949 | New American Library. | – | 267 | OL22776522M |
| 1949 | Harcourt, Brace and Company | hardcover | 314 | OL37824533M |
| 1949 | Harcourt, Brace and Company | – | 314 | OL6049335M |
| 1949 | Harcourt, Brace and Company | Hardcover | 314 | OL21733390M |
| 1949 | Secker & Warburg | – | 314 | OL14564241M |
| 1949 | Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. | – | 314 | OL16181379M |
| 1949 | Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. | – | 314 | OL16938689M |
| 1949 | New American Library | – | 237 | OL22472274M |
| 1949 | Secker & Warburg | – | 312 | OL6055885M |
| 1949 | Millstone Editions | Hardcover | 314 | OL31487668M |
| 1949 | Secker & Warburg | – | 314 | OL14589454M |
| 1949 | Secker & Warburg | – | 318 | OL16181342M |
Questions
- How many pages is Nineteen Eighty-Four?
- About 314 pages: that is the median of 144 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 156 to 596 pages.
- How long does it take to read Nineteen Eighty-Four?
- About 5 h 32 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 12 days.
- How many words is Nineteen Eighty-Four?
- Roughly 86,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.
Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).